Climate Adaptation
Sicily’s 120-Degree Heat Threatens to Topple European Record
- Temperatures seen hitting 48.8C in Italian island on Wednesday
- It’s the latest example of extreme weather around the world
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The Italian island of Sicily may have just smashed continental Europe’s heat record, the latest example of how climate change is causing extreme weather events around the globe.
Temperatures there reached 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, Sicily’s weather service said. That -- if officially verified -- would top the record of 48 degrees set in Athens in 1977, according to World Meteorological Organization data posted by Arizona State University.